*Achyranthes coynei* Santapau [image: Achyranthes coynei Santapau] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73724473>
*ak-ky-RAN-thees* -- Greek: *achyr* (chaff); *anthos* (flower) ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Achyranthes> *COIN-ee-eye* -- probably named for Fr. Aloysius M. Coyne, Principal of St. Xavier College *commonly known as*: pink chaff flower, south Indian chaff flower • *Kachchhi*: લાલ આઘાડો lal aghado • *Kannada*: ಕೆಂಪು ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ kempu uttarani • *Marathi*: लाल अघाडा lal aghada • *Tamil*: சிவப்பு அபாமார்க்கம் civappu apamarkkam *botanical names*: *Achyranthes coynei* Santapau ... *synonyms*: no known synonym ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 18 October 2025 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *pink chaff flower, south Indian chaff flower* - Flowers of India <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/South-Indian%20Chaff%20Flower.html>, retrieved October 18, 2025 ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ written in: *Gujarati* (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: *Kutch* region of Gujarat *લાલ આઘાડો lal aghado* - name coined, for want of name, based on Marathi coined-name - Satish, Koppineedi & Shaik, Vazeed & Peddi, Hari Krishna & Chintala, Sudhakar Reddy. (2015). *Achyranthes coynei* Santapau (Amaranthaceae): An Endemic and Threatened Species from Kachchh Desert, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278301813> National Academy Science Letters. 38. 10.1007/s40009-014-0338-0. ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಕೆಂಪು ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ kempu uttarani* - Pai, S.R., V. Upadhya, H.V. Hegde & S.D. Kholkute(2011). *Achyranthes coynei* Santapau, 1949 (Amaranthaceae) - an addition to the flora of Karnataka, India. <https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/665> Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(6): 1875–1879. ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *लाल अघाडा lal aghada* - name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of *Further Flowers of Sahyadri*, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands *சிவப்பு அபாமார்க்கம் civappu apamarkkam* - name coined, for want of name, based on Marathi coined-name - Karthick, Ravikumar & Jeya, Jothi. (2021). *Achyranthes coynei* Santapau (Amaranthaceae): A New Record for Southern Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377409455> International Journal of Plant Animal and Environmental Sciences. 11. 596-599. ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; endemic - Gujarat :: Satish, Koppineedi & Shaik, Vazeed & Peddi, Hari Krishna & Chintala, Sudhakar Reddy. (2015). *Achyranthes coynei* Santapau (Amaranthaceae): An Endemic and Threatened Species from Kachchh Desert, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278301813> National Academy Science Letters. 38. 10.1007/s40009-014-0338-0. - Karnataka :: Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf> 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) - Maharashtra :: The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014] - Tamil Nadu :: Karthick, Ravikumar & Jeya, Jothi. (2021). *Achyranthes coynei* Santapau (Amaranthaceae): A New Record for Southern Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377409455> International Journal of Plant Animal and Environmental Sciences. 11. 596-599. ~~~~~ Created on: 16:38 18-10-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:39 18-10-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/achyranthes-coynei-santapau.html Regards. 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